Street of Kismayo October 7, 2012

Soldiers, who are serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), direct a Somali woman as they patrol along the streets in the centre of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, about 500 km (310 miles) south of Mogadishu in this October 7, 2012 handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. *******/AU-UN IST PHOTO/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers, who are serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), patrol along a street as a commuter taxi passes by in the centre of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, about 500 km (310 miles) south of Mogadishu in this October 7, 2012 handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. *******/AU-UN IST PHOTO/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A fighter of the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade stands guard while a combat engineering team from the Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) searches a side street for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in a market area in the centre of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, about 500 km (310 miles) south of Mogadishu in this October 7, 2012 handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. *******/AU-UN IST PHOTO/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A fighter of the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade holds his weapon as he gets a haircut inside a barber's kiosk in a market area in the centre of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, about 500 km (310 miles) south of Mogadishu in this October 7, 2012 handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. *******/AU-UN IST PHOTO/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A fighter of the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade mans a heavy machine gun mounted at the back of a pick-up truck while parked along the roadside in the centre of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, about 500 km (310 miles) south of Mogadishu in this October 7, 2012 handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. *******/AU-UN IST PHOTO/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers, who are serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), are seen atop and in an armoured personnel carrier in the grounds of Kismayo University, about 500 km (310 miles) south of Mogadishu in this October 7, 2012 handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. *******/AU-UN IST PHOTO/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers, who are serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), stand near a mosque in the grounds of Kismayo University in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, about 500 km (310 miles) south of Mogadishu in this October 7, 2012 handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. *******/AU-UN IST PHOTO/Stuart Price/Handout

 

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Soldiers of the Kenyan Contingent serving the AMISOM, Kismayu, October 2, 2012

Somali youths pull donkey-drawn water carts past sacks of charcoal as a Kenyan Contingent convoy serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) makes its way through the city of Kismayu in this October 2, 2012 handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. According to the UN, Shabaab had for years used southern Somalia's charcoal industry to generate funds. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Sacks of charcoal are seen by the roadside as a Kenyan Contingent convoy serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) makes its way through the city of Kismayu in this October 2, 2012 handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. According to the UN, Shabaab had for years used southern Somalia's charcoal industry to generate funds. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Residents watch as a Kenyan Contingent convoy serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) makes its way through the Somali port city of Kismayu in this October 2, 2012 handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. According to the UN, Shabaab had for years used southern Somalia's charcoal industry to generate funds. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Residents watch as a Kenyan Contingent convoy serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) makes its way through the Somali port city of Kismayu in this October 2, 2012 handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. According to the UN, Shabaab had for years used southern Somalia's charcoal industry to generate funds. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Kenyan Contingent serving the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit in a truck as their convoy makes its way between the port of Kismayu and the city's airport, October 2, 2012. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Kenyan Contingent serving the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit in a truck as their convoy makes its way between the port of Kismayu and the city's airport, October 2, 2012. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Kenyan Contingent serving the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit in a truck as their convoy makes its way between the port of Kismayu and the city's airport, October 2, 2012. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Kenyan Contingent serving the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit in a truck as their convoy makes its way between the port of Kismayu and the city's airport, October 2, 2012. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Kenyan Contingent serving the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit in a truck as their convoy makes its way between the port of Kismayu and the city's airport, October 2, 2012. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) talk in front of an al Shabaab flag at Kismayu airport October 2, 2012. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) talk in front of an al Shabaab flag at Kismayu airport October 2, 2012. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Members of the Somali National Army (SNA) and government-allied Ras Kimboni militia display the Somali national flag at Kismayu Airport, after it was captured by Kenyan African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops, October 2, 2012. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Members of the Somali National Army (SNA) and government-allied Ras Kimboni militia display the Somali national flag from the former control tower of Kismayu Airport, after it was captured by Kenyan African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops, October 2, 2012. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Aden, Battle Group 9 Commander of the Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), addresses his troops following the capture of Kismayu Airport in this October 2, 2012 handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), are seen at the Kismayu Airport in this October 2, 2012 handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. Kenyan troops fighting under the African Union flag entered al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu for the first time on Tuesday after launching an offensive against the port on Friday, forcing the rebels to flee. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A soldier from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks at a vehicle that was destroyed a week earlier by Kenyan Air Force missile strikes inside a warehouse at Kismayu airport, formerly under the control of Al Shabaab, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A soldier from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stands in front of a vehicle that was destroyed a week earlier by Kenyan Air Force missile strikes, inside a warehouse at Kismayu airport, formerly under the control of Al Shabaab, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A fighter with the Ras Kimboni Brigade pro-government militia stands with a soldier from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in front of a vehicle that was destroyed a week earlier by Kenyan Air Force missile strikes, inside a warehouse at Kismayu airport, formerly under the control of Al Shabaab, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

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Kismayu, October 2, 2012

Troops from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are seen on the back of a flat-bed military truck in the early morning ahead of an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Troops from the Kenyan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit on the mid-section of a military truck in the early morning ahead of an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A soldier from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sits inside an armoured personnel carrier during an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Troops from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit on the back of a flat-bed military truck in the early morning ahead of an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Troops from the Kenyan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit on the back of a flat-bed military truck in the early morning ahead of an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Troops from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit on the back of a flat-bed military truck as they begin an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Toops from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) form-up in the early morning ahead of an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stand on the rise of a hill during an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) watch from the roadside as a convoy carrying troops from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) begins an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A fighter of the Ras Kimboni Brigade, a Somali government-allied militia, walks along a road as a soldier from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) runs in the other direction during an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Fighters of the Ras Kimboni Brigade, a Somali government-allied militia, are seen in thicket on the back of a machine-gun-mounted battle wagon as they wait to join troops from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) ahead of an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) are seen riding on the back of a machine-gun-mounted battle wagon as they join troops from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) ahead of an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Fighters of the Ras Kimboni Brigade, a Somali government-allied militia, are seen riding on the back of a machine-gun-mounted battle wagon as they join troops from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) ahead of an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Fighters of the Ras Kimboni Brigade, a Somali government-allied militia, walk along a road during an advance with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) look on as fighters of the government-allied Ras Kimboni militia walk along a road during an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stand on a road next to their military vehicles during an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

An officer from the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks through binoculars during an advance on the Somali port city of Kismayu, in this handout photograph taken October 2, 2012 by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team and released October 3, 2012. African Union troops and tanks occupied al Shabaab's former stronghold of Kismayu on Tuesday, but the Somali Islamist militants gave notice of their intention to fight back, saying they detonated a bomb in the port city. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

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Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012

A soldier serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks out during a security sweep of a former police station by a team of AMISOM engineers for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), at the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A soldier serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walks past a soldier of the Somali National Army (SNA) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, during a security sweep of a former police station by a team of AMISOM engineers for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed the Somali port of Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A team of engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) search a former police station for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A team of engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) search a former police station for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Fighters of the Ras Kimboni Militia Brigade walk past a mosque while a team of engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) search a former police station for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) stand at the entrance of a former police station while a team of engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) search the premises for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) stand at the entrance of a former police station while a team of engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) search the premises for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) search a former police station for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) search a former police station for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A team of engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) search a former police station for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

An engineer serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) searches a former police station for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

An improvised explosive device (IED) is destroyed by a controlled explosion after a team of engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) found the device planted in the perimeter wall next to the entrance of a former police station, in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Troops serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) look out during a security sweep of a former police station by a team of AMISOM engineers for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Men suspected to be from al Shabaab are led toward a former police station by soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA), as a team of engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) searched the premises for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Men suspected to be from al Shabaab are guarded at a former police station by soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) as engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) searched the premises for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

Men suspected to be from al Shabaab are guarded at a former police station by soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) as engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) searched premises for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

A street is seen near to where a team of engineers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) searched a former police station for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu October 3, 2012, in this handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. African Union and Somali troops combed Kismayu on Wednesday for bombs hidden by al Qaeda-linked militants who fled their last urban bastion but warned of retaliatory strikes, the two militaries said. The retreat signalled the demise of al Shabaab as a quasi-conventional military force, say analysts who expect the militants to resort increasingly to suicide bombings and hit-and-run attacks similar to those that rocked the capital Mogadishu over the last year. The Islamist militants abandoned Kismayu, their primary redoubt in south Somalia, on Friday night following an assault on the city by air, sea, and land forces. *******/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team/Stuart Price/Handout

 

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